Each Day Is a Gift

36F clear blue sky.  Ran with Wendy to pick up Rebecca (Wendy's friend from elementary work) 1.75 miles.  Jogged up to MCT east to meet up with Karen and Amanda mile 3.  Turned and ran Rebecca home 4.75.  Then the three of us ran home for a total of 7.5 solo miles.  But got to jog up 1200West twice. 

Foam roll, stretch, yoga.

Yard work.  Dug up and transplanted a medium size Alberta spruce.

42F sunny blue sky.  Ran with Karen up MCT west.  Took a drink break at 1500 W restroom, then we ran down to tunnel by Oracle and back up for hill repeats. I was short on time so I did 2 hill repeats while Karen did 3.  She was much faster and stronger than me on the uphill.  We both recovered on the downhill.  AP: 9:45 (10:16, 9:32, 9:41, 10:21 [hill repeats], 9:32, 9:16, 9:18) 

Had to go to Home Dialysis Workshop in Murray with hubby so no time to foam roll, just brief stretch.

Yard work, clean the back patio and deck.  Yoga before bed.

Karen was going to run 6 of her 12 miles with me.  It started to snow as I was getting ready; so I went out the back patio and deck to dust the snow off the furniture and turn on the garden hose to flush out the ice.  So I totally missed Karen as she ran by.  Anyhow, it was very windy, ran to Karen's house and then followed her route to the Jr. High, went inside to get a drink and ran back home...slow lonely windy miles!

27F cold and breezy.  Ran with Wendy down to Fox Hollow to pick up with Rebecca.  Then ran her west then east on MCT and back down via 900W to her house.  Wendy and I then ran back up 3200N. 

Busy day getting ready for tonight's mission reunion.  I sewed a casing on the sheet that was made into a banner by one of our sister missionaries a year ago when Larry was in the hospital in Sydney.  We hung it up on the wall in the hall/stairway so our missionaries can see it and also sign it with their handprings, names and favorite scriptures.

I made coconut curry chicken (10-12 lbs of boneless chicken breast, 12 potatoes, 12 carrots, 2 garlic bulbs, 3 large onions, 6 cans of coconut milk, 4 cans stew diced tomato and tomato sauce, 4 Tbs curry power, 6 Tbs sugar, canola oil) served with a 10 C pot of rice; 24 nan bread, Italian meat balls, chips and salsa, fresh pineapples, strawberries, grapes, assortment of cookies, macadamia nut chocolate kisses and of course Tim Tams. 

We had over 40 returned missionaires (mostly sisters since the elders are still serving) and friends.  Honored guests were Sister Levine (who was hit by a car in Canberra in Sep and is having miracles after miracles), Bro. & Sis. Taufa and their newly set-apart-missionary-daughter, Sis. Jasmin Taufa (entering the MTC to serve in Suva Fiji this coming Tue.)  It was SO good to see our missionaires.  They start arriving at 6 and the last ones didn't leave until 10.  What a fun evening!  We LOVE our missionaries! :)

Ran with Wendy 14 slow conversational miles on MCT to Cedar Hills on a beautiful morning under sunny blue sky with temp in the high 30s.  Lotsa runners and cyclists out on the trail.  We walked all the uphills.  :)